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Can anyone explain weather hydroxide ion and carboxylate ion act as nucleophiles or electrophiles.

Can anyone explain weather hydroxide ion and carboxylate ion act as nucleophiles or electrophiles.

Grade:11

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Vaibhav sethia
26 Points
7 years ago
Hydroxide ( OH- ) and carboxylate (RCOO-) ions behave as a nucleophile or in other words nucleus loving or positive charge loving .Because both hydroxide ion and carboxylate ion have a negative charge on them thus are attracted towards opposite positive charge .

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